Sunday, December 14, 2008

I really have been neglecting the blog lately what with all my extra time going into finishing up the cookbook. I am starting to feel pangs of guilt, like a negligent parent. I miss the regular postings and interaction with you all. I also feel bad that I have not been offering any ideas for the impending holiday season.

On the cookbook front, things are moving along nicely. I have shown the draft to my inner circle of 7th level vegans, and a friend from grad school is copy editing as I type. I have also received a kind offer for help with the cover photography. More on that later.

Things have been plenty busy around here, even without a book to finish. Much time has been spent shovelling the ludicrous amount of snow that has fallen. *sigh* And to think that winter has not even officially started.

I also baked up a bunch of lemon currant rolls for the Christmas bazaar fundraiser for the boys' school.

Business at the bakery is brisk, and I feel like I am honing my baking craft. I have also been trying to make soy yogurt. No success so far.And, I do have a few recipes to post. I will get to them this week.

Have you tried this for the yogurt?http://www.soymilkquick.com/soyyogurt.phpI just started making my own milks (soy, nut, whole grain, etc) and i love experimenting with the new milk maker! I bought the tofu and soy yogurt mixes, but haven't tried it yet!

it's great that you have so many things going on..... don't feel like a negligent parent! sometimes priorities shift, that's all... i love going through your archives, great job on being so consistent throughout the entries....

I have recently found you here and love looking through your blog... I am not a vegan... but I eat like one during the day with my kids and the three nights a week that my husband works very late... hopefully that doesn't offend you... because I love the few recipes I've seen so far...I actually found you through flickr..anywho... thanks for having this blog b/c I've gotten a few really good ideas for dinner from you! : ) have a nice night!

I'm curious about the soy yogurt experiments... I thought I understood that the tang came from Lactobacillus bacteria, which - as the name suggests - only eats lactose? Although, maybe it will go for any sugar..? Keep us posted!

And no worries on the blog, I think everyone (me, anyway) is too busy themselves to complain!

I know you are exceptionally swamped right now, but wanted to let you know I gave you an award on my blog because I so enjoy reading yours. Thanks for taking the time to share your recipes and stories.

I know you are exceptionally swamped right now, but wanted to let you know I gave you an award on my blog because I so enjoy reading yours. Thanks for taking the time to share your recipes and stories.

Hey, Vegan Dad, you're not "neglecting" the blog, you told us you'd be focusing on other stuff for a while! Love the snow pic. For folks with little to none, it's cool to see. Awesome rolls and beauty bread. maria

Dude... I know how you feel but you'll get over it. I posted almost every day for about the first year of my blog, then I scaled back to about 3x per week, now with a baby in the house I'm lucky if I post once a week. And what I consider a "quality" post happens about once a month it seems...

You're still churning out a helluva lot of awesome content and if I only have time to check one blog this is it.

I make soy yoghurt all the time with a handy little maker I got on Amazon. It has 7 little glass jars. I set it up overnight as it takes about 13 hours. I can't find a vegan starter though, they all seem to have powdered milk in them. You can try it with a scooop of commercial soy youghurt with active cultures. It comes out runnier than commercial youghurt but its really, really yummy. You save one jar for the next batch as your starter.

There is a really good how-to on soy yogurt making at http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/. I've used it a few times and had great luck, I also went ahead and did the extra step of straining the yogurt with cheese cloth because I like it to be thicker. Good luck!

i hope you figure out the soy yogurt thing...i have tried the store bought soy yogurts, but they have so much SUGAR in them!! not only do i not want to consume that much sugar all at once, they make them taste sickly sweet. i tried making regular dairy yogurt once...it was um...unpleasant. i'd love to try making soy yogurt.